Taurine promotes connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression in osteoblasts through the ERK signal pathway.

Abstract:

:Taurine is found in bone tissue, but its function in skeletal tissue is not fully understood. The present study was undertaken to investigate regulation of gene expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), and the roles of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in murine osteoblast MC3T3-E1 cells treated with taurine. Western blot analysis showed taurine stimulated CTGF protein secretion in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Taurine induced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), but not p38 and c-jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK), in osteoblasts. Furthermore, pretreatment of osteoblasts with the ERK inhibitor PD98059 abolished the taurine-induced CTGF production. These data indicate that taurine induces CTGF secretion in MC3T3-E1 cells mediated by the ERK pathway, and suggest that osteoblasts are direct targets of taurine.

journal_name

Amino Acids

journal_title

Amino acids

authors

Yuan LQ,Lu Y,Luo XH,Xie H,Wu XP,Liao EY

doi

10.1007/s00726-006-0380-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-01 00:00:00

pages

425-30

issue

3

eissn

0939-4451

issn

1438-2199

journal_volume

32

pub_type

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